King prods Postal service inspector general:
IG Agrees to
Audit
Sioux City Postal Center Consolidation
WASHINGTON - The Inspector General
of the United States Postal Service has agreed to conduct an
audit of the study used to direct a possible consolidation of
the Sioux City postal center, at the urging of Congressman Steve
King.
Today, the offices of King and of
Senators Grassley and Harkin met with the Inspector General to
outline the parameters of the audit, which is expected to take a
number of months. Once the audit is completed, the findings will
be available to the public.
King has long asserted the
previous study did not use the proper factors to fully determine
the cost-impact of consolidation.
"I hope an independent
investigation of the study will reveal to Sioux City officials
and residents how this study was really conducted," said King.
"If the business case has not been fully examined, then a
consolidation is clearly premature. I don't want the Sioux City
postmark to be lost over a plan that has been deemed 'close
enough for government work' by Washington bureaucrats."
